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The Feast of Bacchus
painting by Velázquez
Also known as: “Los Borrachos”, “The Triumph of Bacchus”
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discussed in biography
- In Diego Velázquez: Court painter in Madrid
Velázquez’s painting of Bacchus, The Feast of Bacchus (1628–29; also known as Los borrachos), seems to have been inspired by Titian and Rubens, but his realistic approach to the subject is characteristically Spanish and one that Velázquez was to preserve throughout his life.
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